Auction 68

The Haggadah of the Admor of Alexander: Passover Haggadah with Sefat Emet and Tiferet Shlomo - Second Edition Warsaw, 1930

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Passover Haggadah with Sefat Emet by the Admor of Ger Rabbi Yehuda Leib Alter and Tiferet Shlomo by the Admor of Radomsk Rabbi Shlomo Hacohen Rabinovich – Second Edition, the press of Yitzchak Meir Alter,   Warsaw, 1930. [1], 5-83 leaves. Yaari, 2137; Otzar Hahaggadot 3234. Second edition of the Warsaw 1925 edition. 22 cm. Original binding with blemishes. Embossed new spine. Some moth perforations and damage. Many stains including wine stains on Kidush, Hallel and Arbah Kosost, Matzah crumbs and other blemishes. Good overall condition.  

On the title page and last page, ownership notations:  "הקטן יהודה משה טהיברג מאלכסנדר, בעל המחבר שו"ת חשבה לטובה ונחלת צבי עה"ת בתוככי ירושלים עה"ק תובב"א". A sacred copy that had belonged to the holy Admor of Alexander author of Emunat Moshe indicating that it was used for many years. 

The Admor Rabbi Yehuda Moshe Danziger (Tiberg) of Alexander (1893-1973) who re-established the Alexander Chassidut after the Holocaust. In his youth, he used to travel to Rabbeinu the author of the Yismach Yisrael and eventually, married the daughter of the Yismach Yisrael’s brother, Rabbi Bezalel Yair Danziger. In 1934, he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael, where he studied Torah and Kabbalah. 

After the Holocaust, when it was discovered that the Akeidat Yitzchak had perished, the remaining Alexander Chassidim appointed Rabbeinu as their leader/ Already in Poland, Rabbeinu published his book Shut Chashava Letovah and the Emunat Moshe series of books on the Torah. 

(For more information, see Tzadik BeEmunato by Rabbi Yehuda Moshe makover).